YANCEY COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Old Zion Baptist Church Cemetery ----¤¤¤¤---- From Burnsville and 19E turn onto 197-N and go 6.4 miles and turn onto Upper Pig Pen Road, go a short distance and turn into Parker Ridge road (The old Manasseh Bailey home place) Park on left in front of the house and walk left up thru a meadow to top of hill. Condition: Needs cleaning, grown up in weeds and tall grass SURNAMES: AYERS, BAILEY, BENNETT, BRIGGS, EASTEP, ENGLISH, FOX, GARLAND, GORNTO, HOPSON, HUGHES, HUSKINS, JONES,LAWS, PEAKE, RANDOLPH, RENFRO, ROBINSON, WALLACE 1. Jonnah Wallace, 1870 - 1951, (W/o # 2, D/o James & Elizabeth R. Wallace.) 2. John W. Wallace, 1871 - 1938, (S/o Nealy & Jane Taylor Wallace) 3. L.M. Jones, 1847-7/20/1924 (Lucinda, 77 yrs, 2 mo., D/o Sam & Lucinda Wallace Huskins, W/o L. Bartlett Jones) 4. Laura Bennett, 3-10-1887 - 7-5-1889, aged 2 years, 3 mo. 25 days 5. Bernie Peake, 1901 - 1901 6. James Peake, 1916-1921 (S/o Rom & Cora Peake) 7. Baby Gornto. 1913 - (Stilborn infant of Hugh & Thelma Peake Gornto) 8. Lissa, dau. of L.B. and L.M. Jones, 5/12/1891-5/27/1911 9. Infant son of W.M. and M.D. English, 10/30/1899. Gone so soon. 10. In Memory of John M. Bailey, 11/7/1880-12/11/1880. Aged 1 mo, 4 d 11. David M. Huskins, son of J.S. and C.A. Huskins, 10/31/1877-5/17/1898, aged 21 yrs, 6 mo, 17 dys. "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." 12. Clarisa Wallace, wife of J.S. Huskins, 7/25/1845-5/22/1919, (Anna C. D/o Lenard & Caroline Bennett Wallace - married J.S.Huskins on 9-10-1895) "She was a kind, affectionate wife, a fond mother, and a friend to all." 13. M.J. Huskins, 6/1/1840-3/10/1872 14. B.H. Huskins, 6/1/1849-10/10/1874. 15. John S. Huskins, 2/11/1845-6/11/1930. (Masonic emblem on stone) 16. Elizabeth Randolph, wife of J.S. Huskins, 3/13/1826-1/11/1894; married 1/28/1866. 17. In Memory of David A. Bennett, 11/9/1846-12/1/1896, aged 50 y, 21 days. 18. In Memory of William Fox, 9/15/1804-4/25/1882, 77 y, 7 m, 10 d. 19. In Memory of Morning Fox, 6/10/1814-6/9/1873, aged 58 y, 11 mo, 29 d. Wife of # 18 20. In Memory of William Fox, 5/25/1860-2/2/1873, 12 y, 8 m, 7 d. 21. J.H. Hughes, died Ma. 12, 1866 (Inscription hard to read) 22. In Memory of John Hughes, 10/28/1835, and was murdered by John Murphy 7/26/1889, age 53 y, 8 m, 28 d. 23. In Memory of Nancy E. Hughes, 4/19/1839-10/3/1865, 26 y, 7 m, 11 d. 24. Meshac Ayers, Co. G 29 NC Inf. CSA 25. Tilda Ayers (Large black pointed rock). (W/o Jeremiah Ayers) 26. Jeremiah Ayers, Co G, 29th NC Inf, CSA. 27. Will M. Randolph, 12/29/1852-1/25/1919.(William Merritt, S/o Samuel & Hazey Deyton Randolph) 28. Polly M. Ayers Randolph, 4-20-1854 - 6-25-1946, (Wife of # 27-married 12-26-1875- D/o J.M. & Biddie Randolph Ayers) 29. Biddie Randolph, 11/25/1884-9/3/1950. (D/o W.M. & Polly Ayers Randolph) 30. Texanna, daughter of D. C. & L. A. Renfro, 4-16-1896 - 1-12-1903 "Gone Home" 31. Jeremian Eastep, 7-5-1866 - 7-2-1870 32. Jackson Briggs, CO. C 58 NC Inf. CSA 33. Laura A. Peake, 1849 - 1945, W/o # 34 34. Harmon R. Peake, 1846 - 1934 (Masonic Emblem) 35. Essie Hughes 36. William Bennett, 8-10-1814 - 3-7-1883 37. S. L. Bennett 38. Lois Robinson, 4-24-1932 - 4-24-1932 (Infant of George & Mary Fox Robinson) 39. Dennis L. Ayers, 9-29-1931 (Dentas Luther - stillborn infant of Edgel & Ora Fox Ayers) 40. Lennie E. Ayers, 9-29-1931 - 7-12-1932 (Lennie Edwards, S/o Edgel & Ora Fox Ayers) 41. Loss Hopson, Jr., 2-10-1944 - 8-25-1944 (S/o Lawson & Vaughtie Fox Hopson) (Info in parenthese is from death records,census, or other sources) Others buried here from death records: 42. Ora Ayers, 9-5-1912 - 8-20-1984, W/o Edgel Edward Ayers, D/o Johnnie & Elizabeth Laws Fox 43. Edgel Edward Ayers, 8-25-1900 - 4-20-1984, S/o Seymore & Mary Letterman Ayers Others said to be buried here by Lloyd Bailey - no records: Iva Lee Wallace Albert Laws and wife Gilbert Ayers Susan Arrowood Ayers Polly Robertson Ayers Members of Wiley Garland Family 5-29-2004 ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Gwen Bodford gbodford@yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________________